Mary Alice Williams
Veteran Broadcaster, Women's Health Educator,
and Technology Pioneer
Exclusive Representation by Greater Talent Network
Mary Alice Williams is one of the most prestigious names in network television. She is a highly acclaimed broadcast journalist whose investigative work on such topics as foreign policy, ethics, technology, and healthcare have made her a respected authority and recognized voice for public information. Williams' preeminent stature as a news anchor, programmer, and radio and television personality extends to public and cable television, as well as the corporate business world and interactive media.
Since 2003, Williams has brought her impressive history in broadcast journalism to her roles as writer at CBS Evening News, special reporter for WCBS Radio and host of Discovery Health Channel's Daily Rounds, a program that takes and in-depth look at - and helps to make sense of - the often confusing and persistent health and medical headlines in the media.
A published author, Williams adapted a weekly interview program for the Hallmark Channel about strategies for overcoming life's toughest challenges into a book, Quiet Triumphs, published by Harper Collins. Both the series and the book featured the real life stories of celebrities who have overcome adversity at different points throughout their life and career.
Williams built a career breaking new ground in communications and media. She came to national attention as one of the founding anchors and designers of the first worldwide television network, CNN. She was later named vice president and stood as one of the highest ranking female executives in American television. At NBC she became the first woman to win an Emmy Award for anchoring an evening newscast, NBC Nightly News. She continues to blaze new trails, keeping up with the latest technology that is redefining how the world does business and how we live our lives. Previously she served as corporate spokesperson for NYNEX as the company expanded from the premier provider of telephone service in the northeastern United States to a global telecommunications giant. In this role, Williams earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading experts on new technologies, while her television advertising campaign, NYNEX Right Now, garnered an Effy Award for advertising effectiveness.
In addition to pioneering new telecommunications areas and continuing a distinguished journalism career, Williams is hard at work proving that the modern "super woman" doesn't have to be a myth. She has produced and hosted programming for next generation platforms including interactive television and broadband. For INEXTV.com, she developed an interactive show about business and finance in the entrepreneurial spirit and a business series called Amazing Women. For Centerseat.com she developed a multimedia program in conjunction with Borders Books on reading, writing and literacy.
At the lecture podium, Williams is equally adept at addressing the myths and realities of the information age; the struggles facing women balancing career, marriage, and motherhood; and the changing role and ethics of modern broadcast journalism. Her wit, experience, and charm make her one of today's most engaging women.
From 1989 to 1993, Williams was a correspondent and anchor for NBC News programs including Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Sunday Today (which she co-anchored with Garrick Utley), NBC News Special Reports, NBC's extended coverage of Operation Desert Storm, and NBC Nightly News. Before her tenure at NBC News, Williams was prime-time anchor and vice president in charge of the New York bureau of CNN. She anchored Newswatch, Inside Politics, and Primenews, and was a member of CNN's political anchor team from 1980 through 1988. She joined CNN in 1979, as part of the original project design team, and played a major role in the network's development and globalization. As the New York bureau chief, she oversaw the planning and organization of CNN's second largest bureau.
Williams has received numerous awards, including an Emmy Award, top honors from American Women in Radio and Television, and the prestigious Woman of the Year Award from Women in Cable. She has served as broadcast chair for Women in Communications and mass media chair for the National Council of Women. She is the recipient of 14 honorary doctorates. Williams received a BA degree in English and Mass Communications from Creighton University.
Williams was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received a B.A. in English and Mass Communications from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She is the mother of three daughters; Alice Ann born 1990 and twins Sara Mary and Laura Abigail born 1992. She resides in New Jersey with her family.
Interested in booking Mary Alice Williams to speak at your next event?
Mary Alice Williams is one of the most prestigious names in network television. She is a highly acclaimed broadcast journalist whose investigative work on such topics as foreign policy, ethics, technology, and healthcare have made her a respected authority and recognized voice for public information. Williams' preeminent stature as a news anchor, programmer, and radio and television personality extends to public and cable television, as well as the corporate business world and interactive media.
Since 2003, Williams has brought her impressive history in broadcast journalism to her roles as writer at CBS Evening News, special reporter for WCBS Radio and host of Discovery Health Channel's Daily Rounds, a program that takes and in-depth look at - and helps to make sense of - the often confusing and persistent health and medical headlines in the media.
A published author, Williams adapted a weekly interview program for the Hallmark Channel about strategies for overcoming life's toughest challenges into a book, Quiet Triumphs, published by Harper Collins. Both the series and the book featured the real life stories of celebrities who have overcome adversity at different points throughout their life and career.
Williams built a career breaking new ground in communications and media. She came to national attention as one of the founding anchors and designers of the first worldwide television network, CNN. She was later named vice president and stood as one of the highest ranking female executives in American television. At NBC she became the first woman to win an Emmy Award for anchoring an evening newscast, NBC Nightly News. She continues to blaze new trails, keeping up with the latest technology that is redefining how the world does business and how we live our lives. Previously she served as corporate spokesperson for NYNEX as the company expanded from the premier provider of telephone service in the northeastern United States to a global telecommunications giant. In this role, Williams earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading experts on new technologies, while her television advertising campaign, NYNEX Right Now, garnered an Effy Award for advertising effectiveness.
In addition to pioneering new telecommunications areas and continuing a distinguished journalism career, Williams is hard at work proving that the modern "super woman" doesn't have to be a myth. She has produced and hosted programming for next generation platforms including interactive television and broadband. For INEXTV.com, she developed an interactive show about business and finance in the entrepreneurial spirit and a business series called Amazing Women. For Centerseat.com she developed a multimedia program in conjunction with Borders Books on reading, writing and literacy.
At the lecture podium, Williams is equally adept at addressing the myths and realities of the information age; the struggles facing women balancing career, marriage, and motherhood; and the changing role and ethics of modern broadcast journalism. Her wit, experience, and charm make her one of today's most engaging women.
From 1989 to 1993, Williams was a correspondent and anchor for NBC News programs including Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Sunday Today (which she co-anchored with Garrick Utley), NBC News Special Reports, NBC's extended coverage of Operation Desert Storm, and NBC Nightly News. Before her tenure at NBC News, Williams was prime-time anchor and vice president in charge of the New York bureau of CNN. She anchored Newswatch, Inside Politics, and Primenews, and was a member of CNN's political anchor team from 1980 through 1988. She joined CNN in 1979, as part of the original project design team, and played a major role in the network's development and globalization. As the New York bureau chief, she oversaw the planning and organization of CNN's second largest bureau.
Williams has received numerous awards, including an Emmy Award, top honors from American Women in Radio and Television, and the prestigious Woman of the Year Award from Women in Cable. She has served as broadcast chair for Women in Communications and mass media chair for the National Council of Women. She is the recipient of 14 honorary doctorates. Williams received a BA degree in English and Mass Communications from Creighton University.
Williams was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received a B.A. in English and Mass Communications from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She is the mother of three daughters; Alice Ann born 1990 and twins Sara Mary and Laura Abigail born 1992. She resides in New Jersey with her family.
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- Quiet Triumphs: Overcoming the Shadow of Illness
- The Modern Superwoman: Women, Work and the American Family
- The Promise and Peril of Advanced Technology
